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NAME

db.dropcolumn - Drops a column from selected attribute table.

KEYWORDS

database, attribute table

SYNOPSIS

db.dropcolumn
db.dropcolumn --help
db.dropcolumn [-f] table=name column=name [--help] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--ui]

Flags:

-f
Force removal (required for actual deletion of files)
--help
Print usage summary
--verbose
Verbose module output
--quiet
Quiet module output
--ui
Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

table=name [required]
Name of attribute table
column=name [required]
Name of attribute column

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DESCRIPTION

db.dropcolumn drops a column from an attribute table. If the -f force flag is not given then nothing is removed, instead a preview of the action to be taken is printed.

NOTES

db.dropcolumn is a front-end to db.execute to allow easier usage with a special workaround for the SQLite driver to support column drop also for SQLite tables.

EXAMPLE

Dropping a column (North Carolina sample dataset): 

# work on own copy
g.copy vect=roadsmajor,myroads
db.describe -c myroads

# only shows what would happen:
db.dropcolumn myroads column=SHAPE_LEN

# actually drops the column
db.dropcolumn -f myroads column=SHAPE_LEN

db.describe -c myroads

SEE ALSO

db.describe, db.droptable, db.execute, v.db.dropcolumn, GRASS SQL interface

AUTHOR

Markus Neteler

SOURCE CODE

Available at: db.dropcolumn source code (history)

Latest change: Thu Feb 3 11:10:06 2022 in commit: 73413160a81ed43e7a5ca0dc16f0b56e450e9fef

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